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Show that the coal may have been used from only one side, giving the ship a "list." A queer commodity In the engineers' storeroom is "loofa," a kind of Japanese Japan-ese sea cucumber, used for a filter in the boilers. Ground glass Is also carried car-ried to grind valve seats and bearings. The ward room "country" is the space around officers' quarters. The "hammock" "ham-mock" nettings" are no more an affair of thread mesh than Is the "main sheet" a part of the sail; the former being stowage space for the crew's hammocks when not In use, and the latter a rope made fast to the clew, or corner of the sail. Even anchors have "shanks." "rings," "crowns." "arms." "bills" and "fiukes.'-Detrolt Tribune. SAILORS USE QUEER NAMES. The time-worn growl of the disgruntled dis-gruntled bluejacket. "Why did I ever sell my farm and go to sea?" shows the trend of the sailor's mind toward the peaceful occupation of his rustic brother, broth-er, and may account for applying terms agricultural to things nautical. The casual visitor to a warship Is always al-ways mystified by seeing Vhat appears to be a bale of hay In the fore hold, and his curiosity is not abated when told that It goes to feed the "Jackasses," kept, appropriately, in the "manger." His shrunken credulity resumes normal nor-mal dimensions when it is explained that "jackasses" are canvas bags filled with oakum, which are forced into the hawse pipes to prevent water from enter en-ter at sea. Neither Is a "Flemish horse" a rare ! breed of equine, nor a "bridle port" a place for hitching him; the former Is a foot rope for men to stand upon when furling sail, and latter is an air port in the bows through which towing hawsers haw-sers used to be led. The "saddle" of the bowsprit oompletes the riding outfit out-fit of the ship, i The menagerie of a man-of-war contains con-tains a "cat" and "fish," both of which are used to "weigh" the anchor; "catheads" "cat-heads" where the lookout of sailing ships stands his watch; "wildcats," which, with "whelps." hold the chain on the caprtan; and the "bees of the bowsprit." On some days It is possible to find a "catspaw" a sudden puff of wind and a landlubber can easily "cateffa crab" In pulling a boat: indeed, in-deed, it is hard to let one go without unshipping the oar. "Dog watches" are of nightly occurrence occur-rence between 4 and 8 o'clock, when the usual four-hour, watch is split into two parts. The dog watches are supposed to get their name Trom the fact that they are "cur-tailed," and not because the dog star, Sirius, keeps those hours. When the gunner orders his mates to "clean the dash-pot," he Is not using polite profanity, but dlrectmg the cleaning clean-ing of a part of the gun recoil cylinder. The "plow" of a Gatling gun may assist as-sist In turning the "sod" for the enemy, but not In a literal sense. Xor do, the "tell-tales" of the engine room give It away; instead they peacefully record the revolutions of the screws. The propellers are usually on a "strut," but It is not the vulgar parlance par-lance for saying they are angry: the strut is the steel arm that holds them fn position. Ship's masts, like men, have "partners" which, though wooden, strengthen them and make them firm. These are "payed" with pitch. Awnings have "backbones," "strongbacks," a "shark's mouth," "dog's earsnd "earrings." "ear-rings." v The "trimming tanks" are huge compartments com-partments for holding sea water which may be let in to change the trim or IobUoaUqix of the sbjp, djje to the tact |